Dracula: Alexa Taylor

Dracula: Alexa Taylor

1. Thesis: In the novel of Dracula people feel more protected by practicing their beliefs of Catholicism and superstition because it helps defend themselves from evil.

   • Paragraph 2: Topic Sentence: Catholicism helps protect people from evil because it allows them to feel as if they're faith is saving them.
     • "When i asked him he knew Count Dracula, and could tell me anything of his castle, both he and his wife crossed themselves, and, saying that they knew nothing at all, simply refused to speak." (8)
     • "When we started, the crowd round the inn door, which had by this time swelled to a considerable size, all made the sign of the cross and pointed two fingers towards me."(14)
     • As i looked back I saw the steam from the horses of the coach by the light of the lamps, and projected against it the fingers of my late companions crossing themselves." (15)
   • Paragraph 3: Topic Sentence: Superstition helps protect people from evil because it gives them an idea about what's going on around them.
     • "There before me in actual flesh the same three women that Jonathan saw in the room, when they would have kissed his throat." (495)
     • "It is the eve of St. Geoge's Day. Do you know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway? Do you know where you are going, and what you are going to do? She was in such evident distress that I tried to comfort her, but without effect. Finally she went down on her knees and implored me not to go at least to wait a day or two before starting." (9)
     • " a blue flame is seen over any place where treasure has been concealed." (22)